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The decoding of electrosensory systems

Fortune, Eric S·2006·Current Opinion in Neurobiology

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Progress in the study of electrosensory systems has been facilitated by the systematic use of behavior as a tool to probe the nervous system. Indeed, a specific behavior that is found in a subset of weakly electric fishes, the jamming avoidance response, was used to identify and characterize an entire suite of brain circuits, from sensory receptors to motor units, that are involved in control of this behavior. Recent progress has focused on a re-analysis of this circuit in relation to newly described electrosensory behaviors, including prey capture, social signaling and the tracking of electrosensory objects. This re-analysis has led to a re-evaluation of the broader functional relevance of specific neural solutions to computational problems that are related to the control of the jamming avoidance response. Some of the recent insights that have emerged from this work include descriptions of mechanisms underlying dynamic receptive field properties, descriptions of the neural activity related to simultaneously occurring sensory stimuli, and a greater understanding of the role of short-term synaptic plasticity in temporal processing.

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  • Once investigators started applying distortions in focal manner to mimic the effect of prey, they unmasked a filtering system within the hindbrain that processed these signals differently from the wide-field signals that had formerly been examined.

    “Once investigators started applying distortions in focal manner to mimic the effect of prey, they unmasked a filtering system within the hindbrain that processed these signals differently from the wide-field signals that had been formerly been examined (reviewed in Fortune, 2006).”

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Authors
Fortune, E. S.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Fortune, Eric S
Venue
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-08
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
474-480
ISSN
0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2096429052
Cited by
50
References
50
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
FWCI
0.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
electrosensory system, jamming avoidance response, weakly electric fish, prey capture, social signaling, object tracking, receptive fields, neural coding, short-term plasticity, temporal processing, brain circuits
MeSH terms
Afferent Pathways, Animals, Animal Communication, Central Nervous System, Electric Fish, Electromagnetic Fields, Neurons, Afferent, Predatory Behavior, Sensation, Social Behavior, Species Specificity, Signal Transduction

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